I have an PC with a 250GB 840 and it's perfectly well transferring GB of files, also have 830 in macbook and is equally good. 830 is the popular choice in SSDs for a variety of server providers so 840 would be even better. But yeah @ramnode should know in server wise performance

Warranties are not guarantees of product quality or service fitness, they are replacement policies. You put a 10 year warranty on a piece of shit . . . but that doesn't make it objectively better than any other turd you find.

If this is for a server environment it would be nothing short of foolish to pick OCZ over Samsung.

@Microlinux said: Warranties are not guarantees of product quality or service fitness, they are replacement policies. You put a 10 year warranty on a piece of shit . . . but that doesn't make it objectively better than any other turd you find.

This is a good point. I would really rather spend a few more dollars to have a solid product to begin with, than have downtime or spend time/energy to remove/ship/reinstall anything. The current state of computer component manufacturing seems to be to let the end user be the quality control.

@Microlinux said: Warranties are not guarantees of product quality or service fitness, they are replacement policies. You put a 10 year warranty on a piece of shit . . . but that doesn't make it objectively better than any other turd you find.

If this is for a server environment it would be nothing short of foolish to pick OCZ over Samsung.

They're a clear indication on how a company stands by a product. Why would you put such a long warranty on a "piece of shit"? It would only cost the company more when they clearly know that their product won't last.

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Remember I am looking for feedback on the OCZ VECTOR not other OCZ drives.

@Brandon said: Remember I am looking for feedback on the OCZ VECTOR not other OCZ drives.

The Vector just came out. You won't find any real data on them yet.

Samsung has had stable products for ages now. So it is a good bet that the 840 will be solid as well (not 100% certain but track record says it will be good)

OCZ has had problems from the start. Chances ass the new vector will have issues as well.

Perhaps not though, it might turn out to be great but both lines are brand new. What do you want to do? Go with a company that has been solid all along or with a company that has had problems all along?

@eastonch said: and the 830s have a better lifespan 'theoretically' than 840s.

This. But if you read the science behind SSD you will never buy another one tho.

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There's several articles on Anandtech regarding firmware issues with the 840 drives.

The non-pro version of the 840 is very budget as well and does not perform particularly well. Best bet is probably to stick with the 830 for now. I personally own a few OCZ Vertex 3, 830, and Intel 520 drives and they all more or less work fine for desktop usage.

I love Samsungs. Haven't used anything other than Samsungs or Intels extensively. I'd love to have a larger, cheaper option than what I use, but reliability is a huge issue for me. That's why, now that 830s seem to be in short supply, I've been grabbing some 840 pros rather than get larger OCZ drives.

@Nick_A said: I love Samsungs. Haven't used anything other than Samsungs or Intels extensively. I'd love to have a larger, cheaper option than what I use, but reliability is a huge issue for me. That's why, now that 830s seem to be in short supply, I've been grabbing some 840 pros rather than get larger OCZ drives.

@Brandon said: Decided to buy a bunch of Samsung 840 Pros. They've been working extremely well so far, no failures as of yet and are just rock solid. So far the only SSDs that I've had fail are Mushkin ones.

Just don't use them in CacheCade if you've been following the WHT threads.

The other thing is they do have a large DRAM buffer/cache, so if there's a power outage there can be issues. Sandforce based drives, e.g. Intel 520 won't have this problem.

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i have a few ocz i can vouch tha ocz has been really solid after the company acquired ndilinx. The vector is really solid and the bad reviews are obviously from people that havent own one themselves.( the vertex 3 below were really bad drives though)

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